Upon his ascension to the position of chief executive officer late last year, Chot vowed to make some sweeping changes to TV5. After all, 2016 was a poor year for the Kapatid network, one marked by the ill-fated VIVA partnership, loss of revenue and programming quality, and streamlining of operations.

This year, TV5 has a new set of programs coming up, one that will include the return of the beloved AniMEGA block. However, this is only a portion of a much-needed overhaul, one that will also include sister UHF station AksyonTV and FM radio station Radyo5 92.3 News FM.

More on AksyonTV and Radyo5 in an upcoming article. In the meantime, here is the master plan that Chot Reyes conceived for TV5 this 2017.

AniMEGA

AniMEGA has long been a staple of TV5’s programming, having been aired since the rebrand in 2008. Unfortunately, it has run on and off for the past several years, to the point that anime fans were increasingly fed up by TV5’s constant mishandling of the block.

Its return this year should give anime fans a new reason to watch, with series such as ‘Attack on Titan: Junior High’, ‘Kantai Collection’, ‘Myriad Colors Phantom World’, ‘Knights of Sidonia’ and ‘Uta no Prince-sama Maji 1000%’ airing on TV5 soon. Hopefully TV5 will no longer regret about reviving AniMEGA ever again.

The dissolution of TV5’s entertainment department forced the network to rely on outside sources. One of them will be director Brillante Mendoza, who will produce several made-for-TV films and mini-series as part of the ‘Brillante Mendoza Presents’ umbrella.

These days, TV5’s entertainment fare is exclusive to digital media under the Digital5 banner (e.g. ‘Kontrabando’, ‘Forever Sucks’). The addition of Brillante Mendoza, however, made it clear that TV5 is not done collaborating on homegrown entertainment fare on TV.

It had been nearly a decade since ‘Philippines’ Next Top Model’ aired on TV (via RPN-9). This year, TV5 will revive the said modeling reality show, though it remains to be seen if TV5’s version will be a second cycle or a rebooted first cycle.

TV5 is no stranger to the ‘Top Model’ series, having aired ‘Asia’s Next Top Model’ a few years ago. However, PNTM’s status as either a TV5-produced show or a blocktimer remains to be seen, so stay tuned.

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34 thoughts on “Examining Chot Reyes’ Plans for TV5”

Jasonsays:

From a report of MJ Marfori on Aksyon Prime, TV5 will revive Wattpad Presents sometime in April.
I think that’s a good move because I think they’re targetting the youth audience with the slate of programs they just announced.

Expect freelance talents (and even what remained of TV5’s homegrown talent since the entertainment division’s dissolution who are yet to appear in other networks’ TV shows) to topbill the possible return of Wattpad Presents.

Meanwhile, Solar Entertainment a few years ago announced Top Model Philippines to be aired on ETC, but nothing materialized.

Solar, as we know, has had its fair share of issues when it comes to local productions, dating back to its earlier foray with RPN-9 many years ago. They’re mostly known as an importer of shows and not a production giant.

TV5 definitely has their work cut out when it comes to this new season of PNTM. Let’s just hope they don’t make the same mistakes as Solar did.

Another good news for TV5. Their partnership should pave the way for new anime to air, which should attract those who are getting restless with GMA’s Astig Authority replaying popular anime over and over, like Ghost Fighter which they reaired anew.

And considering that many anime these days are adult-oriented and unfit for the kids’ slot, it was the right call. The afternoon slot talaga has long been a domain for animes, while the morning slot which GMA currently utilizes, it doesn’t make sense at all due to the graphic nature of most of them. It was also the reason why ABS got rid of Team Animazing, because more and more anime are being targeted towards adult audiences.

Regardless of the scheduling quirks, mukhang maeenjoy pa rin ito ng mga long-suffering AniMEGA fans. Still, I hope they won’t do a GMA in cutting out the opening and closing music as well as heavily editing the animes.

Honestly, the PCCL was a poor initiative from the start. It’s more like an exhibition rather than an actual tournament. The final straw came when they crowned two champions last year simply because of a postponement due to a typhoon.

And with this development, Sports5 will focus now aside from the usual PBA and PSL coverage, are their committments with the Gilas Pilipinas and probably if approved by POC, the SEA Games (I heard that ABS will plan to cover it)

What’s your take on Aksyon Prime’s extension?Last week it implemented a new schedule on non-PBA days,6:15-7:30,to be exact.
And News5 will have a news special on newly-elected President Donald Trump on Sunday.

Honestly, this is not good. Extending Aksyon Prime makes them look like TV Patrol and 24 Oras, which is in contrast to what Chot Reyes wants to achieve. I have no idea what LCV wants to achieve here. TV5 can never be a true alternative channel as long as she’s in charge. She’d rather be a talent than an executive, period.

If I were them I’d keep Aksyon Prime on that 6:15-7:30 slot until a newly-produced News5 show takes over that 7:00-7:30 slot.Maybe a new season of History with Lourd,Kaya or Insider can take its place.A somewhat remnant of KBO but in an earlier schedule.What do you think?

Plus AksyonTV’s airing too much of the old and irrelevant PA shows over and over when there’s no sports events to air. However, with News5 still suffering from the lack of personnel, bringing such shows won’t be easy. Right now only Alagang Kapatid is their only PA show, and it’s not good.

Before they can think about those new programs, think about hiring some talent first to replace those who left. Otherwise, I would rather see a merger of Aksyon Prime and Aksyon Tonite into a 9:00 p.m. newscast and place Sports5 Center in the 6:15 slot instead.

If they do solve those personnel issues and if they would create News5 produced shows I want them to place it at the 7:00–7:30 slot because looking at the failed KBO before.An 11:30pm public affairs show would spell disaster and they would be bound to following the wave since GMA and ABS have public affairs shows after Saksi and Bandila.Try something different and they could have a small sample size of three locally produced shows first.With History with Lourd on Mondays,Kaya on Tuesday and Insider on Thursday all at 7:00pm

Now with TV5 about to become ESPN 5, how would we expect it, I guess, mabuwag na ang News5 and yung SportsCenter PH ang magiging primary newscast imbes ng Aksyon. Aksyon Prime has been a distraction to PBA/PSL fans as Aksyon Prime got in the way of doubleheaders.